Hershey chocolate bar and Charm City Cakes (Ace of Cakes); Major upset

February 5, 2010

Fans of the show Ace of Cakes will know what I’m talking about when I say that the Hershey bar cake Duff and crew made earlier last year was a bit of a puzzler as the wrapper was right-side up with Hershey, but the bar pieces inside were upside-down. So, the cake was made with [...]

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You are not lost, you are here and you know where here is, right?

February 1, 2010

You are reading DogWalkBlog.com, produced and written in Dayton, Ohio. We are talking with Rufus, one of the key writers of the blog where he reminds us why you, time and place are important for blog credibility and reader orienteering.
I was reading a blog from a linked tweet this morning and halfway through it, my [...]

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In the world of creativity, they will remain average

January 29, 2010

I ran across this video by Tom Peters. Watch it.

Peters makes some powerful points about education, but I don’t entirely agree with everything he says.
Creativity is not a refusal to color inside the lines. It is a conscious decision to color outside the lines, knowing what the lines mean and why they are there. Refusing [...]

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Airlines hate women… and guitars… and dogs

January 25, 2010

Ok, pretty strong statement, but what the heck, it will rank high in Google and get some people to start thinking about the unintended consequences of stupid company policies. So, Women Who Blog, if you are out there and have even the least bit interest in this, sharpen the pens.
I tweeted this out:
Airline luggage fees [...]

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Home kitchens are not functional

January 24, 2010

I cooked breakfast this morning. I hate home kitchens because they are more like living rooms with furniture rather than places to prepare food. I don’t know why or how this trend started, but anyone who cooks at home needs to work in a restaurant kitchen for even a few weeks to know the following [...]

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Corporations are not human, people are not brands

January 22, 2010

The logic of the latest Supreme Court ruling has me scratching my head a bit and scrambling to read my copy of the United States Constitution. I found all sorts of references granting rights to people, but none that granted rights to corporations. In fact, apparently there is no right of the people to incorporate, [...]

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Stupid is good

January 17, 2010

“Greed is good” Gordon Gecko, Wall Street, 1987
And now apparently stupid is in. Stupid is good. At least that is what Diesel wants you to believe. In 2008, we wanted really smart people to be in power. Judging from the current political winds, 2012 may be the year stupid is cool again.
I understand why Diesel [...]

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Charlie sings along…

January 13, 2010

Bad harmonica playing and Charlie joins in. Fans of Eastenders will recognize the theme song, minus the opening drum roll, of course. (Sorry people in the US.. apparently the BBC does not like Americans watching the show.)

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Fair weather trainers

January 11, 2010

I was watching an episode of It’s Me or the Dog yesterday and it struck me that I have never seen a show from Cesar Millan or Victoria Stilwell where they were training folks how to walk their dogs in the snow and ice.
Here’s me in the middle of the day. Charlie weights 100 pounds [...]

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Everyone in Washington is behind the wheel, but nobody is driving.

January 10, 2010

The first thing my driver’s education teacher taught me, after he showed me the volume knob also clicked the radio off, was that in all situations, at all times, always know where your safety zone was. If someone was behind you and couldn’t stop, where were you going to pull into to get out of [...]

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Last wrestle session at the school until Spring Break

January 3, 2010

Our last wrestling session for the 2009-2010 Winter break at Englewood Hills. The kids are back in school on Monday, so it’s back to the sand lot for us until Spring Break.

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5 things I will NOT do in 2010

January 3, 2010

Here are five things my editor will NOT do in 2010. I think I’ll join him!
After thinking a bit about what sort of New Year’s Resolutions I needed to make a few days ago, I decided that I would put a list of five things together that I will NOT do for 2010.
Here goes, in [...]

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Dogs playing tetherball

December 30, 2009

I wish I had a video camera, but I only had an iPhone. Englewood Hills left their tether balls attached to the poles over Winter break* and I swung one as I was walking by. Charlie jumped to grab it and a game ensued.
So, as fast as I could focus and snap, here you go. [...]

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Charlie and the Rubber Squeakie Ball

December 30, 2009

Just a silly little video I did to test out the Flip camera battery.
Enjoy.

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Real airport security is very low tech

December 29, 2009

With all the news media chattering on about this latest round of terrorism with flight 253 and the guy with a bad stomach in the restroom, we are seeing the latest group of pundits advocating for more technology, full-body scans, etc, etc.
Oh, brother.
Real airport security is far more low-tech than that. Here is the [...]

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A new band find. Banjo warning

December 23, 2009

I found a cool new band. It’s not rock, it ain’t Hank, but it ain’t bad! Actually, Megan and Millie of Don’t Tell Darlings are pretty darn good. Harmonies are enchanting. I hope you enjoy the video and click onto their MySpace page for more.
Their CD drops on CD Baby Jan 1, 2010. Enjoy.

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Life worth living is seen in the crop

December 20, 2009

It snowed yesterday and I would be horribly unneighborly if I did not share at least one photo from our morning walk. Here is the most beautiful thing I saw stepping outside my front door.

Pull back a little bit and you would see a snow-covered road that was a bit messy with tire tracks. Pull [...]

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Plain Joe Lieberman

December 18, 2009

If you haven’t already seen the “one more moment” video between Lieberman and Franken, here it is.

At first, I just laughed. Funny people, Senators. “Let him talk, he wasn’t saying anything anyway.”
But then I got to thinking. If Joe Lieberman had to deal with real life the way we all out here in Realitytown have [...]

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Two signs the economy is picking up

December 18, 2009

Here are the two “never fail” signs I watch to indicate that the economy is picking up.
1. The number of UPS/FedEx trucks are increasing through the subdivision. This month, we have FedEx and UPS rolling through here twice a day. morning and afternoon. The USPS truck is also rolling through with Priority packages before he [...]

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Who is being polled every day?

December 17, 2009

Not a day goes by when the cable news doesn’t announce a new poll on this or that, mostly having to do with the approval rating of President Obama, whether the country is headed in the right direction* or if they support this or that program. A daily poll? Why? And who are they polling? [...]

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